Places

June 05, 1991

PLACES

* A Water Parade and Festival will be held June 15 as a part of the Mathews County Bicentennial Celebration.

Boats will assemble at 11 a.m. at Hill's Bay near the Queen's Creek entrance to Milford Haven, and the parade will begin at noon. The boats, led by a Coast Guard cutter, will move out under the Gwynn's Island Bridge and pass by the Chesapeake, owned by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.

Sonny Richardson, chairman of the Mathews Bicentennial committee, will preside at the ceremony. He will introduce special guests, including Sen. Elmo Cross, Del. Harvey B. Morgan and members of the Mathews Board of Supervisors.

Harold Foster will sing ``God Bless America'' and ``The Navy Hymn.'' Three memorial wreaths will be placed in the water from the stern of the Chesapeake. They will honor those in the Merchant Marines, armed forces and watermen who have lost their lives during the 200 years of the county's history.

An open house will be held at the U. S. Coast Guard Station at Cricket Hill during the afternoon.

* A Festival and Exhibit will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. June 9 at the Middlesex County Museum at Saluda.

The program will include a talk by Guy Friddell, author and columnist, at 3:30 p.m.

Special exhibits will include Civil War artifacts by Robert Harper of Warsaw; a doll collection by Johnson's Gift House in Saluda; wooded boxes and small chests by Miss Betty's Antiques, Urbanna, Evelyn Ryland; antique quilts by Helen Battleson of Hewick Plantation near Urbanna; ship models by Melvin Dize of Tangier Island; antique lamps by Gerald Ballantyne of Hartfield; and maritime tools by Larry Chowning of Urbanna.

Bobby Hipple, strolling musician, will provide music.

The program will mark the opening of the museum's summer season and is being sponsored by the Middlesex County Woman's Club. Refreshments will be provided by club members.

The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until September.

* The Beehive, a quarterly publication of the Gloucester Department of Community Education, has been mailed to county residents.

The Beehive contains information about county news and resources, community happenings and events and classes and activities for youth and adults.

A special section in this issue features the 1990 Gloucester County annual report which highlights county government, department and agency reports, financial information and a local directory.

Summer schedules for the Department of Parks and Recreation, Rappahannock Community College, Extension Service and the Gloucester Library are listed. The Gloucester Resource Council wish book for local parks and recreation groups, volunteer opportunities and County Fair information are also included.

Copies are available in local supermarkets and by calling the Community Education office at 693-5730.